Saxophone cord



July. 26,1927.

' 1,637,003 A- 5. LAN G SAXOPHONE 001w Filed Dec, 9, 1925 Fig. 2.

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' Patented July 2 6,

new ween e we I sluch'fas' istised .hysaxophone players to suport theweight 'offthef saxophone Wllllflli} s; bl i e edae provide a novel n eans-the Qislie itfhasj for' its object to s-posi r n:

deiibien op, and which has a'fsli'de a the in ji e obr eatens r readpasses aipluralityj of 'timeswherebyjthe" efeaivelengrheiit c ibasalt-id? by: adiustingthefslidl '1 a @Thelobject bfth present-inventpr vi e avel form. of "slide and a. novel lckgrherefrwhiehfwiu engagethecord and adjustedl lu v vIn orderto "givefan underst'andmg of my Pfif m fiPPie e vi h hes invent 1011' I have illustrated in the drawingsals'elected embodiment of my invention which'wiII now be describedaiter'which the novel features will be pointed out in the appendedcla-ims.-; t A Fig. 1 is a view of a saxophone player playing thesaxophone, said figure illustrat 111g my improved supporting cord;

Fig. 2 is a ing cord;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the way in which the cord isformed into the single and double loops;

adapted to hook into the The support herein shown is of'the type in;which the cord 3, is formed into an upper loop 6 which encircles theneck of the saxophone player and a double lower loop 7 carryingthe hook4. At the 3unct1on of the two loops is a slide indicated generally at 8which can be adjusted on the cord and by the adjustmentof which theeffective length of the cord is. changed in a well known Way.

The manner in which the cords are threaded through the slide isillustrated in Fig. 3., I

for; clamping or hp ld j perspective View of the support- T Y F IQEi-f iaid; fi iefo iis rl ofi he ti i A, is passed ith'rough the T slide andthence" formed into onefpart or urn er the amine loop the being passedrhrqu'g'h" the. sl de 8 again an'd'iformed into the other r. reamersnauo bie loe fl; said'cord.

a being "their passedthrough' the slide aftliird' time and extendingupwardly arena the I other side of the upper loop 6, botli par'ts of thedouble loop 7} passing through "the eye 9 the length of'the supportingcord is adjusted by moving the slide'f 8 up" or down thereby" to.transfer part; of the length of the single loop into the double; loop orvice versa; all as';will

saxophone supports of thi ot Y My present inventionfrel'ates to'a novelform of slidewhichhas cord-gripping-means constructing asa'xophone co'rds'upportfl an di i be .clearlytunderstood by those familiar withassociated "therewithf iThe slide herein shown comprises the two members10 and "11 which have I a'tele's'opic relation; The member 10! is acup-shaped member open at the end 12 and closed at the end 13,saidmember having theapertures I14 intw'o' opposed sides through whichthe strands of the cord 3 pass. The member 11 is constructed totelescope within the member 10, said member also having an aperture 15through which the strands of the cord pass. I

16 is a spring confined between theend of the member 11 and'the end 13of the member 10, said spring tending to force the member 11 outwardlyand to disalign the apertures 1 1 and 15. This action of the springclamps the cord between the side 17 of the aperture 15 and the side 18of the aperture 14, such clamping action being suflicient to'hold thecord from slipping through the slide while the cord is in use.

When it is desired to adjust the length of the cord the operator graspsthe slide between the finger and thumb of his hand and presses the ends13 and 19 toward each other with sufficient pressure to overcome thetension of the spring 16. When this'is done the gripping pressure on thestrands of the cord will be. relieved and the slide may be adjusted upor down to shorten or lengthen the effective length of the cord. Whenthe proper adjustment has been secured the slide is released and thespring 16. will force the member 11 outwardly and thus again'grip thecord. This device has the advantage that the release of thegrip on thecord is accomtion of sufficient pressure on the slide to overcome thetension of the spring 16. j

The device has the further advantage that it is simple in constructionand inexpensive to manufacture.

I claim- 1. A saxophone support comprising a flexible, supporting memberconstructed to present an upper loop to encircle the neck of the player,and a lower loop, one of said loops being a doubleloop, a hook supportedby the lower loop on which a saxophone is adapted to be hung, acord-locking slide at the junction of the loops by the adjustment ofwhich the length of the cord is changed,

, said slide comprising two telescopic members, each having an apertureextending transversely therethrough, the cord passing through bothapertures three times, and a spring acting on said members and tendingto disalign said apertures and thereby grip the cord.

2. A saxophone support comprising a plurality of times, said membersbeing'slid able with relation to each other, and means to cause adisahgnment of said apertures whereby the cord is clamped.

3. A saxophone support comprising a flexible supporting memberconstructed to present an upper loop to encircle the neck of the player,and a lower loop, one of said loops beinga double loop, a hook supportedby the lower loop on which a saxophone is adapted to be hung, acord-locking slide at the junction of the loops by the adjustment ofwhich the length of the cord is changed, said slide comprising acup-shaped member having apertures in opposed sides, a second membertelescoping within the cup-shaped member and also having an aperture,the cord passing through both apertures a plurality of times, and aspring acting on said members tending to disalign the apertures.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBION SLAYTON LANG.

